Jalen Ramsey thinks Texans should go with Deshaun Watson

Posted by Josh Alper on September 11, 2017, 7:03 AM EDT

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Texans coach Bill O’Brien didn’t name a starter for Thursday’s game after pulling Tom Savage in a 27-9 loss to the Jaguars and didn’t solicit advice about who to pick, but one Jaguars defender offered it anyway.

You might think cornerback Jalen Ramsey would be more than happy to continue seeing Savage in the lineup for Houston, but he said after the game that rookie Deshaun Watson should have been the starter.

“Personally, I think [Watson] gives them a better chance,” Ramsey said, via CBS Houston. “He came in and gave them a new dynamic, did very well when he was in, managed the offense, [scored] on that first drive.”

Outside of that touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins, Watson’s day didn’t turn out much better. That’s a credit to the Jaguars defense — “They got one Savage over there, Tom Savage, we got a whole bunch of em, we got a bunch of Savages over here,” Ramsey said — and a sign that other issues, including left tackle Duane Brown‘s absence, were involved in the massive flop Houston turned in on Sunday.

That’s rite … We have a Bunch of Savages on our side … All week all the talk was about Houston’s D … And J J Watt … Jags D outplayed their D and Watt … And Dismantled them in there own Buiding … Jags got the best D in the Division now and were not done Hunting, coming for the rest of them …Go Jags !!!

Even Cutler or dare I say Kaepernick would have been better options than Tom freaking Savage. At a certain point this nonsense concerning taking a knee or not has to be overcome by the need to put the best players on the field. Tom Savage shouldn’t be starting anywhere in the NFL. You know that, I know that, and Houston knows it. Too much money and too many jobs are at stake.

The Hopkins TD was trash and should have never happened. The refs constantly saved HOU on that drive with phantom penalties on 3rd and long. I completely understand this was the NFL’s way of trying to get them back into the game, as Godell was spotted in the owners suite.

The Jaguars fight uphill battles to win games. Besides a huge talent deficiency, they are constantly working against biased referees.

What possibly makes you think Romo, with his bad back, could have done any better behind that wretched excuse for an Oline? Jags would have sent him back to the hospital by the end of the first quarter.